Well, the new version which was said to star Nicholas Cage and be directed by Tim Burton has still not broken out of the planning stages (and might even be cancelled by this point), but you can still read Kevin Smith's interesting screenplay on the web. That, and you can also get the outstanding original version in this new restored special edition DVD from Warner Brothers. What am I discussing? "Superman", of course. I won't go into great detail about the story, because, if you've never heard of it, much like Superman, you must be from another planet.

This DVD restores eight minutes worth of footage to the film, thankfully these moments are designated on the chapter selection menu, where chapters containing this footage is highlighted. As for the film itself, I don't mean to be too critical of the picture, but there are some moments early on that go too long. That's about it, though. "Superman" contains some wonderfully entertaining moments and once it really gets going, it becomes a great deal of fun and solid entertainment.

Restored and paired with a new Dolby Digital 5.1 audio presentation, this is really the ultimate edition of the film on home video, with some great additional features. The only complaint, and its a relatively minor one, is that I think that Warner could have made some more elaborate packaging instead of the usual snapper case for this special edition release. They've done such a fine job on the actual disc itself, they could have gone the whole nine yards, but oh well. The actual disc itself is a DVD-18 (dual-sided/dual-layered). A great film and a fantastic DVD package. Obviously, those who are reading this review are more interested in the DVD's technical features, so let's move on.